Fire kills at least 24 people in drug treatment centre in capital of Azerbaijan

A fire killed 24 people in a drug abuse treatment centre in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, its General Prosecutor's office told Reuters on Friday. According to Reuters, Eldar Sultanov, spokesman for the office, said 31 people had been rescued during the incident. Azeri officials said the fire had probably been caused by a problem in the power network of the building containing the centre. However, earlier Friday Azerbaijan's APA news agency reported that at least 30 people had perished in the blaze, reports AFP It said the fire broke out in a ward for bed-ridden patients. Firefighters and rescuers of Azerbaijan's emergencies ministry had extinguished the blaze and were investigating its causes, the local APA news agency reported.